HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors admitted as member of the Equity Release Council

HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors of Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City has been admitted as a member of the Equity Release Council. For clients, this provides further assurance that HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors will provide best practice advice and support and will deliver the highest standards of conduct when advising on equity release.

The Equity Release Council is a voluntary body that exists to ensure that equity release products are safe and reliable for consumers. Its members are required to “ensure that all their actions promote public confidence in equity release as a potential retirement solution; Act at all times in utmost good faith; Communicate high expectations for equity release outcomes in all their dealings; Ensure conflicts of interest are managed fairly and reduced to the lowest practical level; Exercise due skill, care and diligence in all that they do and uphold the standards set out by their professional bodies at all times; Always act with the best interests of their clients being paramount, treating customers fairly in all their actions.”

Craig Rennie, Director and Conveyancing Solicitor at HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors says, “It’s important that clients, seeking an equity release loan, receive qualified, independent and transparent legal advice. At HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors, we will ensure that clients fully understand the long-term nature of their equity release agreements and only proceed with the full knowledge of the risks, rewards and legal obligations.”

In addition to being members of the Equity Release Council, the HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors Conveyancing team operate to the highest standards of practice and integrity required by the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). Our track record in leasehold enfranchisement is also acknowledged by ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners)

HRJ Foreman Laws is a trading name of Foreman Laws LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales under company number OC360756 with a Registered Office which is situated at 25 Bancroft, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG51JW. Foreman Laws LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA number 556111.